Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...

I have created a desktop shortcut to a command line only utility, and when i double click on it to run it, it executes, does its thing and then the command prompt window disapears.<BR><BR>Yes i know ...

I'm a command line beginner, but these days I'm starting to use it more and more on my Mac, in Cygwin on my PC, and now sometimes even on a Unix server. I've seen other people's command line prompts ...

There are two major differences between Secure File Transfer Protocol and FTP. The first is that SFTP utilizes Secure Shell, or SSH, to encrypt all communications between the client and server.

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...

Reinstalling Windows is disruptive. Run these built-in Command Prompt repairs in the right order to fix disk, system files, ...

This is a new machine on which XP Pro was installed. During installation only the basic options were chosen.<BR>After installation, when I open a MS-DOS prompt, the file and folder names have a ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...